The Javier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,226 people carried this name — #3,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,900 people counted. That is up 40% from 6,594 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Javier surname
From the town of Javier, in Navarre, birthplace of the priest and missionary Francis Xavier; from Aragonese Xavier, itself from Basque etxeberri. Compare Asturian Xabel, Catalan Xavier and Basque Xabier, and the surnames Echeverri and Etxeberri.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (es.wiktionary.org, the Spanish edition) — entry «Javier», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from Spanish and condensed.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,773 people named Javier live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Javier live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 36 people named Javier.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
20 people named Javier is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Javier in American newspapers,
1896–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Javier in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.
615 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Javier. The most, 252, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.6 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Javier.
Who carried it
People named Javier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bonifacio Javier d. 1962 · politician
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Restituto Javier 1873–1936 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Javier,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States214 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 153
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 38
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Peter C. JavierBorn 1905. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; driver from New York County.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Joseph JavierArrived at Philadelphia in 1882 aboard the Lord Gough from Liverpool, aged 26; laborer. From Germany; bound for Philadelphia.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Francisco Garrido JavierBorn 1930. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 214 records for Javier in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
France13 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Josephe JavierBorn 1914 in Spain; died 1994 in Rodez (Aveyron).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jean Paul Maurice JavierBorn 1909 in Paris; died 1976 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Madeleine Genevieve Therese JavierBorn 1929 in Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir); died 1986 in Libourne (Gironde).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 13 records for Javier in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands2 records
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Ferdinand Alexander JavierIn the population register of Waalwijk; born 1824 in Waalwijk.
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Woutherus Adrianus JavierIn the population register of Hilvarenbeek; born 1854 in Hilvarenbeek.
Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Encarnacion JavierDied 1980; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Javier.
- Jastrzębski 477 · U.S. census
- Jaubert 135 · U.S. census
- Jaudon 673 · U.S. census
- Jaume 145 · U.S. census
- Jauregui 12,783 · U.S. census
- Javaux 100 · U.S. census
- Jaworski 4,865 · U.S. census
- Jay 9,852 · U.S. census
- Jayme 464 · U.S. census
- Jaymes 208 · U.S. census
- Jayne 3,134 · U.S. census
- Jaynes 5,741 · U.S. census
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